Obit: Adams, Otis Clark (1883 - 1959)

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Surnames: Adams, Peterson, Clark, Barber, Steele, Mills, Miller

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 01/29/1959

Adams, Otis Clark (10 Feb. 1883 - 16 Jan. 1959)

Rites for Otis Clark Adams, 75, who died at Orlando, Florida, Jan. 16, were held at Hancock, Friday afternoon. Internment, made in the Hancock cemetery, was attended by Mrs. Adams and their four children.

Mrs. Roy Peterson and daughter, Carla, Abbotsford, went to Hancock for the funeral.

Mr. Adams was born Feb. 10, 1883, in Poy Sippi, in Waushara county. When only a small boy, the family moved to Hancock where he received his education. In 1901, he began employment in the office of the Hancock News.

He remained in Hancock for eight years and then became a staff member of the Endeavor Epitome for two years, after which he served as city editor of the Ladysmith news for a year. While at Ladysmith, he was rural mail carrier for seven and one-half years and then went to Milwaukee where he was employed by the American Foundry and Furnace Company for four and one-half years.

For health reasons, he spent some time in California and in 1924 returned to Wisconsin and entered the employ of E. C. Clark, owner of the Sentinel Publishing Company, publishers of the Abbotsford Tribune, and in May, 1926, he became a partner in the business and later, the owner. In March, 1934, he sold the business to the present owners and returned to Hancock where he worked in the post office and also assisted at the Hancock News.

In his years of retirement, he lived in California and Florida.

Mr. Adams was a member of the Masonic Lodge.

Surviving him are his widow, the former Anna Barber, to whom he was married at Hancock, Oct. 14, 1906. There are two sons, Orson, of Mesa, Arizona, and Donald, of Woodruff; two daughters, Mrs. Ray (Annabelle) Steele, of La Crosse, and Mrs. Walter (Natalie) Mills of Orlando, Florida.

Thirteen grand children, one sister, Mrs. Anna Miller, San Antonio, Texas, and one brother, A. L. Adams, Abbotsford, also survives.

One son, Norman, and a brother, Ervin, preceded him in death.